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al communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation. Sir M. Hale.

Relating to derivation. Earle.

Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

By derivation.

Derivation. [R.] The derival of e from a. Earle.

Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word. Derivative circulation, a modification of the circulation found in some parts of the body, in which the arteries empty directly into the…

To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon. From these two causes . . . an ancient set of physicians derived all diseases. Arbuthnot.

Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction. Dryden.

The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.

Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words. -- Et`y*mo*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One who investigates the derivation of words.

Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended. "A family of ancient extraction." Clarendon.

One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.

The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta.

original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation. God is originally holy in himself. Bp. Pearson.

Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; -- said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.

Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.

Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form.

Without derivation; primitively; essentially. [R.] These great orbs thus radically bright. Prior.